ADNOC and CNOOC To Collaborate in Upstream, Downstream, and LNG

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The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) signed a Strategic Framework Agreement with China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) to explore new opportunities for collaboration in both the upstream and downstream sectors as well as in LNG.

ADNOC and CNOOC have also agreed to share knowledge, best practices, and latest proven technologies in the area of ultra-sour-gas development with the aim of improving operational efficiency in sour gas processing and treatment; delivering efficiency, performance and reliability for sour gas drilling operations; and improving field and reservoir development plans.

The parties will consider including Offshore Oil Engineering Co., Ltd. (COOEC) as a qualified contractor for EPC opportunities, and China Oilfield Services Ltd. (COSL) as a qualified supplier of oilfield services and explore potential opportunities to collaborate with both companies in existing and future offshore oil and gas field assets in Abu Dhabi.

In the downstream space, ADNOC and CNOOC have agreed to analyze the potential of certain mutually beneficial business opportunities, including the potential collaboration in new integrated refining and petrochemical assets in China; cooperation in CNOOC’s existing refining assets; as well as a broader partnership and joint-investment across the refining and petrochemical value chain.

H.E. Dr. Al Jaber, UAE Minister of State and ADNOC Group CEO, said, “This far-reaching framework agreement underpins the close economic ties between the UAE and China, and offers exciting new growth opportunities as well as mutually beneficial investment initiatives between ADNOC and CNOOC, while enabling wider potential for strategic collaboration in both the upstream and downstream.

“The agreement will further deepen China’s energy cooperation with countries along the Belt and Road route, building a closer community of shared future in the energy sector. Both CNOOC and ADNOC will embrace broadened opportunities for future cooperation and enjoy the fruit of this mutually beneficial partnership. The agreement is of great significance for CNOOC to promote the development of its overseas oil and gas business, to diversify import resource and to optimize the integrated industrial chain of upstream, mid and downstream. CNOOC will continue to implement the Belt and Road Initiative, strengthen energy cooperation and contribute more value to the China-Arab friendship as well as regional development,” said Yang Hua, chairman of CNOOC

Over the last 2 years, ADNOC has significantly expanded its strategic partnership and co-investment model and created new investment opportunities across all areas of its value chain, while at the same time, more proactively managing its portfolio of assets and capital.

ADNOC’s planned oil production capacity increase to 5 million B/D by 2030, its drive toward gas self-sufficiency and becoming a potential gas net exporter, as well as its substantial downstream expansion plans, offer new opportunities for international partnerships.

As part of its downstream ambitions, ADNOC will create a greater flexibility, resilience, and product diversity, as it optimizes its performance and stretches the dollar from every barrel of oil it produces. In addition, the company’s downstream strategy will also act as another catalyst for Abu Dhabi’s economic growth and diversification plans, attracting new foreign and domestic investment, creating numerous specialized employment and career opportunities, and significantly boosting ADNOC’s in-country value creation initiatives.

China is the world’s second-largest economy and largest oil importer, with the UAE representing one of the key suppliers. While China grows its domestic refining capacity and fills its strategic inventories, the country continues to secure global crude supplies.

ADNOC continues to focus on its downstream expansion in China and Asia, where demand for petrochemicals and plastics, including lightweight automotive components, essential utility piping and cable insulation, is forecast to double by 2040.

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